Airto Moreira has been playing music from a very young age. Born in 1941 in the small village of Itaiopolis, south Brazil, Moreira moved to Sao Paulo at the age of sixteen and performed regularly as a percussionist, drummer and singer.

In 1965 he met the singer Flora Purim in Rio de Janeiro. Flora moved to the USA in 1967 and Airto followed her shortly after, where he began playing with the greats - Cannonball Adderley, Lee Morgan, Paul Desmond and Joe Zawinul, and most notably, Miles Davis, performing on “Live/Evil”, “Live at the Fillmore”, “On the Corner”, “The Isle of Wight”, “Bitches Brew” and later releases including the “Fillmore Sessions”.

Following his period with Miles Davis, Moreira continued as a founding member of Weather Report and later joined Chick Coreaʼs Return to Forever, appearing on the albums “Return to Forever” and “Light as a Feather.”

By the mid-1970ʼs, Moreira was an established player in the jazz circuit, and while he continued to be highly sought after as an ensemble percussionist, he also began recording and performing as a bandleader and with his wife, Flora Purim.

Thanks for the heart attack.